Layia platyglossa (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Gray
Common names: Coastal Tidytips
Species details (USDA):
USDA LAPL
Documented uses
3 uses documented
Cahuilla
Food, Porridge
detail...
(Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel,
1972,
Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants,
Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press,
pages 85)
Costanoan
Food, Staple
detail...
(Bocek, Barbara R.,
1984,
Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington,
Economic Botany 38(2):240-255,
pages 254)
Mendocino Indian
Food, Staple
detail...
(Chestnut, V. K.,
1902,
Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California,
Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.,
pages 393)